First up, a quick apology. I took ill the other day, and without wanting to overstate things, it was pretty much a near death experience. I'm pretty sure you can die of a cold, right? I mean, I'm no doctor,...
Provocative piece in NY Times today, as the African Cup of Nations kicked off following a burst of violence.: Global Soccer - A Big Part of Life, and Now Death Sports are part of life, and now death. The desperate...
I had written up a preview of the Africa Cup of Nations, which is (still) due to start tomorrow, but as you've probably heard, news of a more front page nature has rather overshadowed the start, as the Togo team...
Because here at Goals on Film we're not just into the soccer, but movies too, I thought I'd give you my top four films (and one honorable mention) of 2009. It's a little late, I know, but we're only six...
As I'm sure you're all aware, it was the third round of the FA Cup on the weekend. Even though it's lost some of its luster, the third round of the Cup yet manages to hold some of the old...
This is actually something that's been doing the rounds for a while, now, but I wanted to write a little bit about World Soccer's players of the decade list. Click through for the whole article (which also includes this year's...
The 1981 WWII film Victory (or "Escape to Victory" in Europe) was a childhood favorite of mine for very basic reasons: it centered around soccer, and it had Sylvester Stallone in it. Even back then I'm not sure I really...
So, Barcelona won the World Club Championship this weekend, bringing their haul of trophies this year up to six. Now, I don't especially buy into their whole anti-Franco, nation of Catalunya underdog schtick, and nor do I especially like their...
So, to no-one's surprise, Manchester City have parted ways with Mark Hughes, and installed Roberto Mancini in his place. Mancini won Serie A three times with Inter, but has been out of work for longer than I have. I wonder...
As you've no doubt noticed, at Goals on Film, we like a good liveblog of an always fascinating, all filler no killer UEFA draw. However, there are limits to our dedication, and that line is drawn somewhere around waking up...